"Corporations have been enthroned .... An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people... until wealth is aggregated in a few hands ... and the Republic is destroyed." ~ Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

A landmark case against several international corporations accused of aiding South Africa’s apartheid regime is underway. Daimler AG, General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and IBM are named in the suit. They are accused in a class-action lawsuit of complicity in human rights abuses during the years they did business in apartheid South Africa. The suit was filed several years ago by black victims of white minority rule. Their lawyers are seeking up to $400 billion in compensation.

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via Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Apartheid Reparations Case.